Wallace Thayer (October 18, 1866 – November 5, 1944) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life He was born on October 18, 1866, in Buffalo, New York to Edwin Thayer, a Lawyer from Buffalo, New YorkAlbany Law Journal (pg. 61) and brother of William Wallace Thayer and Andrew Jackson Thayer.History of the Pacific Northwest (pg. 601-602)New York Red Book (1914; pg. 182) He graduated in 1889 from Buffalo Law School, then still affiliated with Niagara University and was awarded the Daniel's Scholarship for best thesis on constitutional law for his writings on the 14th amendment.Niagara Law School (Chapter VII) He practiced law in Buffalo.
In November 1913, Thayer was elected as a Progressive, with Democratic endorsement,VOTED TO IMPEACH, LOSE AT PRIMARIES in The Rome Daily Sentinel, of Rome, on September 17, 1913 to the New York State Assembly (Erie Co., 8th D.), and was a member of the 137th New York State Legislature in 1914.
He died on November 5, 1944, in Los Angeles, California.Wallace Thayer at MooseRoots
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